Just come back from work (missis was driving ) and we were stuck in the IOW Festival traffic for some time. After about 10 mins of crawling through traffic we got a really bad burning smell from the clutch. No judder, or slip just burning. Is the clutch likely to fail soon or did it just overheat as it were?

If the misses had been slipping the clutch in the slow moving traffic that might account for it.....

Should it be OK though once its "cooled down"

I would have thought so......

Used too happen to the works vw sharan all the time during slow manuvers, never caused any damage, think it last to nearly 80k before having to be replaced. don't thiunk you have owt to worry about m8.

Thanks guys

Took the plunge and ordered a Sachs VR6 clutch and G60 flywheel and bolts. Should improve the feel compared with the disgusting DMF setup.